Psychology of Learning - Prelim

Which philosopher argued that knowledge is not inborn but acquired through experience?

• Plato

• Descartes

• Aristotle

• Locke

According to Watson, what is the focus of behaviorism?

• Unconscious motivations

• Internal thoughts

• Observable behavior

• Genetic inheritance

Who is considered the founder of functionalism, which emphasizes studying adaptive processes?

• Titchener

• Watson

• William James

• Pavlov

According to Aristotle's Law of Contiguity, what causes the strongest associations between events?

• A) Similarity

• B) Frequency

• C) Contrast

• D) Proximity

Which of the following is a key component of natural selection, according to Darwin?

• Free will

• Reflexive behavior

• Genetic inheritance

• Reinforcement

Which concept did Hull introduce to explain internal physiological processes affecting behavior?

• Neobehaviorism

• Introspection

• Social learning theory

• Functionalism

According to the Law of Frequency, what strengthens associations between two items?

• Their emotional relevance

• The number of times they occur together

• The time elapsed between them

• Their difference in nature

Which behaviorism school argues that psychology should only study observable behaviors and not mental states?

• Structuralism

• Radical behaviorism

• Methodological behaviorism

• Cognitive behaviorism

What did the British empiricists, such as John Locke, argue about human knowledge?

• It is innate and inborn

• It is a function of free will

• It is entirely based on experience

• It is biologically inherited

Which term describes as a relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience?

• A) Conditioning

• B) Classical conditioning

• C) Learning

• D) Reflex